Submissions

Longreads is dedicated to publishing and sharing the best longform nonfiction storytelling on the web. Thank you for your interest in our publication — read on for guidelines on pitching and submitting to us. If you’d like to nominate a story as an editor’s pic We share our favorite #longreads on Twitter @Longreads and feature these stories on our editors’ picks page. To submit an already published story for our consideration, the best way to share it is by replying to or DMing us on Twitter, or tagging a tweet with the #longreads hashtag. If you’d like to pitch us an original story for publication

Longreads accepts pitches for original work and pays competitive rates. We’re not accepting any fiction at this time.

We are a very small team and receive many pitches and submissions each day. We only respond if we are interested in publishing your piece, so we strongly recommend submitting simultaneously to other publications. Please email essay submissions, feature pitches, reading list ideas, and other queries to hello@longreads.com. Adding a bit of detail and context in your subject line helps to make your message stand out.

Longreads will not accept any submission or pitch that has been written or edited using generative AI tools such as ChatGPT.